Teacher touched girl during class trip, police say

Alex Bassinne, 50, is accused of touching the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl during a class trip in 2009, and looking down the shirt of a 13-year-old girl in 2010, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.

Prosecutors said that when the 13-year-old tried to move her shirt to obstruct Bassinne's view, Bassinne allegedly grabbed the shirt and repositioned it so he could see down it again, the Daily Pilot reported.

During his time at Santa Ana High and Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate schools, Bassinne allegedly made sexual comments and leered at students, the D.A.'s office said.

In 2011, Bassinne and his family moved from Laguna Niguel to Newport Beach, and the man allegedly left a computer disk at the former residence containing graphic child pornography involving girls ages 10 to 12.

The Newport Beach and Santa Ana Unified School District police departments are working together to find any other victims. Anyone with information is asked to call Newport Beach police Det. David Syvock at (949) 644-3771, school police Sgt. Manuel Chavez at (714) 558-5739 or supervising investigator Lou Gutierrez at (714) 347-8794.